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Burnistoun - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 1, 2010

Episode 1

Sketch show set in a fictional Scottish location that's oddly familiar. Featuring an impassioned battle with a voice-activated lift and the career trajectory of a single-issue MP.

Episode 2

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 8, 2010

Episode 2

Burnistoun's got talent in the shape of a local singing sensation with a unique style. Plus, what soap operas would be like if people actually went to the toilet.

Episode 3

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2010

Episode 3

A hitman discovers it's not easy to assemble a weapon of choice. Plus an awkward question on the top deck of a bus, and a visit to the town's first-ever cloning warehouse.

Episode 4

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2010

Episode 4

One hungry Burnistoun inhabitant is hell-bent on buying rolls, and hopeful popstar Kelly McGlade hones her on-stage repartee.

Episode 5

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 1, 2010

Episode 5

Burnistoun's most persistent market researcher takes a lifetime to get some answers, and the boozer is buzzing with gangster tales.

Episode 6

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 5, 2010

Episode 6

Featuring a frank exchange of views between two Burnistoun MSPs, a ladies' night held in a pub, and an imaginative fashion parade.

Season 2

Episode 1

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Apr 4, 2011

Episode 1

Paul and Walter have trouble dealing with a customer's order, and Peter and Scott try out some unusual exercise machines at the gym.

Episode 2

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Apr 11, 2011

Episode 2

An innocent family singsong takes a devilish turn, Biscuity Boyle tries speed dating and Frankie Boyle stars in a revolutionary TV ad.

Episode 3

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2011

Episode 3

A businessman demonstrates his invention, Marky and Rosso set out to embarrass a family friend, and the quality policemen tackle delinquency.

Episode 4

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2011

Episode 4

Doberman Man tracks down his nemesis, paranoia reigns at the pub and the pole dancing club, and two friends find it difficult to connect.

Episode 5

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: May 2, 2011

Episode 5

Doberman Man meets his enemy, James Bond has an unpromising encounter with his contact, and Carlos Zumba shows why his dance craze is a hit.

Episode 6

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: May 9, 2011

Episode 6

A gullible customer gets fleeced, May and Nan's argument erupts into violence, and Doberman Man shows off his trophies to Doberman Man Woman.

Season 3

Episode 1

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2012

Episode 1

Featuring a coffee shop that has an original way of serving a cappuccino and a high street boutique which delivers questionable sartorial advice to a confused punter.

Episode 2

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Aug 20, 2012

Episode 2

The local cake shop suffers a decline in sales when a rogue cake decorator is let loose and the local job centre has a new line in compulsory niceness.

Episode 3

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2012

Episode 3

Includes misguided entrepreneur Alex Ciderson who invents a new way of packaging beer, and 'quality polis' McGregor and Toshan who gatecrash a party.

Episode 4

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2012

Episode 4

A local priest is revealed to have a direct line to God, but simply uses it to have daft banter and a novel interactive mobile phone app gets tested on the streets of Burnistoun.

Episode 5

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2012

Episode 5

The 'quality polis' team of McGregor and Toshan attend a football match and cause the very riot they were there to prevent.

Episode 6

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2012

Episode 6

In the fictional town of Burnistoun the legend of King Arthur springs to life when a Burnistoun man pulls the magic sword Excalibur out of the pavement.

Specials

Pilot

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Feb 25, 2009

Pilot

Welcome to Sunny Burnistoun! Robert Florence and Iain Connell write and perform a sketch show set in a strangely familiar Scottish town. Burnistoun has its own newspaper, its own radio station and even its own ice-cream van. Drop in and find out how to get a tattoo altered, what makes a good front-page headline, and why football songs are not a sexy choice for singers in girl groups.

Best of Burnistoun

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Mar 28, 2011

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Specially selected highlights from the sketch show set in a fictional Scottish town. Featuring Paul and Walter - the snippy siblings who run an ice-cream van, and other characters.

Burnistoun's Big Night

Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Aug 17, 2015 (45 min)

Burnistoun's Big Night

A sketch show set in a fictional Scottish town that's eerily familiar. Written by and starring Robert Florence and Iain Connell, Burnistoun features a mix of recurring characters and one-off comic scenarios.

Burnistoun Goes to Work

Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Dec 28, 2016

Burnistoun Goes to Work

A special episode of the sketch show set in a fictional Scottish town, featuring Jolly Boy John, the Quality Polis and characters old and new.

Burnistoun Tunes In

Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Feb 24, 2019

Burnistoun Tunes In

This one-off special of the hit sketch show celebrates the TV Scotland has tuned in to see over the years - from nostalgic black and white to modern day HD favourites.

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